List of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela



This partial list of non-marine molluscs of El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda, Venezuela shows that El Hatillo Municipality has a rich mollusc fauna. The municipality is land-locked, therefore there are no saltwater molluscs.

This list currently (2011) includes only terrestrial gastropods, in other words land slugs and land snails; whether there are any freshwater species of snails and clams is not yet recorded. The terrestrial mollusc fauna contains 38 species that have been reported in the specialized literature and by observation in the territories of the municipality.

El Hatillo Municipality consists of urban and rural areas:
 * The urban areas are: El Hatillo town, El Calvario, La Lagunita, Alto Hatillo La Boyera, Las Marías, Oripoto, Los Pomelos, Los Naranjos, Los Geranios, La Cabaña, Cerro Verde, Llano Verde, Colinas, Vista El Valle, and Los Olivos y El Cigarral.
 * The rural areas are: La Unión, Corralito, Turgua, La Hoyadita, Sabaneta, La Mata, Caicaguana, and Los Naranjos y Altos de Halcón.

Gastropods
Family Helicinidae
 * genus Helicina
 * Helicina spp.

Family Ampullariidae
 * genus Marisa
 * Marisa cornuarietis Linnaeus, 1858
 * genus  Pomacea 
 * Pomacea glauca Linnaeus, 1856
 * Pomacea bridgesii (Reeve, 1856) - introduced
 * Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1819) - introduced
 * Pomacea haustrum (Revee, 1856) - introduced

Family Neocyclotidae
 * genus Poteria
 * Poteria fasciatum (Kobelt & Schwanheim, 1912)
 * Poteria translucida (Sowerby 1843)

Family Pachychilidae
 * genus Pachychilus
 * Pachychilus laevisimus (Sowerby, 1824)

Family Thiaridae
 * genus Tarebia
 * Tarebia granifera (Lamarck, 1822) - introduced
 * genus Melanoides
 * Melanoides tuberculata (Müller, 1774) - introduced
 * Melanoides sp. - introduced

Family Lymnaeidae
 * genus Lymnaea
 * Lymnaea columellaris Say, 1817
 * Lymnaea cubensis Pfeifer, 1839

Family Planorbidae
 * genus Helisoma
 * Helisoma duryi (Wetherby, 1989) - introduced
 * genus Taphius
 * Taphius glabratus (Say, 1818)

Family Physidae
 * genus Aplexa
 * Aplexa rivalis (Maton & Rackett, 1807)

Family Achatinidae
 * genus Achatina
 * Achatina fulica (Bowdick, 1822) - introduced

Family Arionidae
 * genus Arion
 * Arion subfuscus (Draparnaud)

Family Amphibulimidae
 * genus Dryptus
 * Dryptus marmoratus (Dunker, 1844)
 * genus Plekocheilus
 * Plekocheilus distortus (Bruguiére, 1789)
 * Plekocheilus euryomphala (Jonas, 1844)

Family Orthalicidae Family Camaenidae
 * genus Orthalicus
 * Orthalicus maracaibensis (Pfeiffer, 1856)
 * genus Labyrinthus
 * Labyrinthus plicatus (Born, 1780)
 * Labyrinthus umbrus Thompson, 1957

Family Helicidae
 * genus Helix
 * Cepaea hortensis (Müller, 1774) - introduced
 * Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) - introduced
 * Cornu aspersum = Helix aspersa Müller, 1799 - introduced
 * Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 - introduced

Family Agriolimacidae
 * genus Deroceras
 * Deroceras laeve (Müller, 1774)

Family Strophocheilidae
 * genus Megalobulimus
 * Megalobulimus oblongus (Müller, 1774)

Family Subulinidae
 * genus Lamellaxis
 * Lamellaxis micra (D'Orbigny, 1842)
 * genus Leptinaria
 * Leptinaria lamellata (Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
 * Leptinaria unilamellata (D'Orbigny, 1842)
 * genus Subulina
 * Subulina octona (Bruguiére, 1792)

Family Succineidae
 * genus Omalonyx
 * Omalonyx pattersonae Tillier, 1981
 * genus Succinea
 * Succinea sp.

Family Veronicellidae
 * genus Diplosolenodes
 * Diplosolenodes occidentalis (Guilding, 1825)

Bivalves
There are an unknown number of freshwater bivalves in the area.

Cartographies references

 * Blanco D, A. y Fuentes, R. S/F. “El Hatillo destino ecoturístico para observadores de aves”. IATURH. Caracas - Venezuela
 * República de Venezuela. 1964: “Caracas”. Dirección de Cartografía Nacional. Hoja 6847. Escala 1: 100000.